As a Hindi name
काशक · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार को घास । काँस · खाँसी · एक प्रकार का चूहा — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ काश
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the grass Saccharum spontaneum
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M3 · meaning shifts "kāśaka" is derived from "kāśa" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. kāśa m. ‘the becoming visible, appearance’, only in sa-k˚, q.v.
N. of a man g. aśvādi
kāśaka m. the grass Saccharum spontaneum, L.
N. of the prince Kāśa, Hariv. 1733 (v.l. ˚śika).
Dictionary citations
kāśaka m. the grass Saccharum spontaneum, L.
N. of the prince Kāśa, Hariv. 1733 (v.l. ˚śika).
kāśaka m. (-kaḥ) A species of long grass, (Saccharum spontaneum.) E. kan added to the preceding.
1. kāśa m. ‘the becoming visible, appearance’, only in sa-k˚, q.v.
N. of a man g. aśvādi
Alternative readings
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